PM says sorry for Congress MP's Atal barb

Beni Prasad Verma had made derogatory remarks against Vajpayee and Advani in Lok Sabha. Read comments

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Headlines Today Bureau

New Delhi

December 9, 2009

UPDATED: December 9, 2009 17:53 IST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday apologised for unparliamentary remarks made by a Congress member against former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

Congress MP Beni Prasad Verma, formerly a Samajwadi Party functionary, had made the derogatory remarks against Vajpayee and Advani during the debate on the Liberhan report in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

"A member of the ruling coalition made remarks which were inappropriate. I apologise for the remarks," Singh said in Lok Sabha.

Singh issued the apology on behalf of the government after BJP MPs went up in arms over the remarks. The MPs had forced an adjournment of the House on Tuesday, demanding an apology. They disrupted proceedings again on Wednesday.

However, despite the prime minister's apology, Verma refused to apologise saying he had not said anything wrong.

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